Last year, electronic dance music star Hardwell was declared the world's No. 1 DJ in DJ Mag's annual poll. And the 26-year-old's global influence was apparent at his sold-out Eagles Ballroom show at the Rave Friday night. I can't recall hearing so many different languages and accents at a Milwaukee concert before.

So who am I to argue with the world? Thanks to his increasing popularity, Hardwell late last month closed out the Ultra Music Festival in Miami, one of the world's premiere EDM events, in front of at least 100,000 people. (See that set with this review at jsonline.com/music.) | April 12, 2014»Read Full Article

When he was asked to design a new building for the Milwaukee Art Museum, Jim Shields talked about steering clear of the "pitched battle" between the architectural heavyweights on the lakefront — the expressive vocabulary of Santiago Calatrava and the sober design of Eero Saarinen. He may not have expected a pitched battle of his own.

Appearing in the plain light of day, he's a bespectacled nebbish, pining for a woman who treats him like a sibling. Disguised in tights and a fluttering red cape at night, he becomes a soaring superhero.